Day: February 12
Weather: 11 (Freezing Rain and Snow - Troop movement impossible)
Troop Movements
There are no troop movements today.
Reinforcements
The Underlords below send a company of 120 Gnoll Heavy Infantry to the Ironburg, to assist the Fang of Vassuryn in waging war upon the surface dwellers.
Near dawn on the morning of February 11, every sentient creature on the island of Vassuryn hears the same message, magically projected across all of their consciousnesses at once, grating like fingernails on a blackboard:
LAMENTATION AND WOE! LONG HAVE I WAITED IN THE BOWELS OF THE EARTH, WHILE THE OFFSPRING OF THOSE WHO BETRAYED ME WALKED UNDER THE LIGHT OF DAY, AND ATE THE FAT OF THE LAND, AND DRANK OF THE GOOD THINGS OF THE EARTH IN THE LAND OF THE LIVING. BUT NO MORE. THE TRAITOR'S DAY HAS COME TO AN END. NOW FALLS THE UNQUIET NIGHT, WHEN MY CHILDREN WILL GNAW THE BONES OF THE FAT CHILDREN OF THE DAY, AND MY OFFSPRING WILL DRINK THE BLOOD OF THE MEN OF THE EARTH UNDER A SUNLESS SKY. I AM TRAZYNEL, AND I HAVE RETURNED.
Weather: 12 (Freezing Rain and Snow - Troop movement impossible)
Initiative Order for the week:
Troop Movements
1 Spectre and 50 Zombies move to the mountain pass outside the Ironburg (025,016) and start raising the bodies of the dead.
2 Spectres and 100 Zombies movie to 027,013.
Reinforcements
120 Kobold Light Infantry arrive at the Ironburg, sent from the Underlords below to make war on mankind.
Day: February 10
Weather: 10 (Heavy Rain - Movement reduced by 1/2)
Initiative Order for the week:
Troop Movements
The Undead in the Necropolis continue to lurk among the ruins. A heavy mist covers the Necropolis, but none of the Dead have as yet ventured forth.
The Hambley force of Heavy Infantry and Dwarves at the Bronzeborn mine moves to 034,012, unable to move any farther because of the heavy rains.
The Hambley Cavalry in the Nora-To valley moves to 032,007, where they are joined by the Nora-To Temple Garrison.
The garrison of Fort Hambley moves to 031,006.
The Beastmen Hordes manage to re-open the tunnels of the Ironburg, although as yet no reinforcements are forthcoming from their Underlords below.
New units of Militia are raised at the Citadel of the Eye of Law, Hriving, and Oraving.
A ship departs from the Citadel, sailing East across the lake with great speed.
The High Abbot, along with the other cavalry of the Men of Oraving, muster at 028,018, drawn up in good order outside the Citadel gates. Heavy Infantry from Oraving march toward the Citadel to garrison it, but due to the heavy rains, they only make it as far as 028,019. Clerics of Hesper and the Eye of Law begin the process of preparing the Citadel to withstand an assault from the Undead.
Elven ships continue to move up the lake.
Reinforcements: Militia raised at Oraving (028,021), Hriving (027,019), and the Citadel (028,018). 1 Spectre is raised in the Necropolis.
Day: February 9
Weather: 9 (Light Rain - Muddy roads mean that movement is still reduced by 1/4th)
Initiative Order for the week:
Troop Movements
The perfidious servants of Law have assassinated the Lady Immianthe! Her troops are left leaderless, scattered to the winds...
The Undead legions remain in the Necropolis, continuing to grow their power... For now...
A secretive force of Heavy Infantry belonging to the Men of Hambley, which had traveled to the Bronzeborn mine by stealth, is seen entering the mine, where they find three Dwarven companies available for recruiting. They recruit a unit of 120 Dwarven Heavy Infantry A, armed with a spear, a hand axe, a shield, and banded plate.
The Beastmen Hordes occupy the Ironburg, and begin the process of reopening the tunnels to the Netherdark in order to restore their lines of supply and reinforcement.
The Overlord of Oraving receives a response from the High Abbot: "The enemies of Mankind are the Enemies of Hesper, but if your sins were not great, these plagues would not have been visited upon you. We will aid you in your war, but what lands we conquer we will keep for ourselves, for the glory of our god. And yet, Hesper is not jealous, and cares not for the names of living princes to be spoken by those who inhabit his lands. He claims total sovereignty only over the dead. Therefore, tithes will be given to you for those lands, in repayment of what the vile ones took from you."
Faced with no other choice, the Overlord accepts these terms, and the agreement is sealed.
The Crusaders of Hesper move through the pass, unchecked by the Beastmen (who do not themselves desire battle), and march immediately to the Necropolis, assaulting it immediately. They are joined by Crusader Cavalry (Heavy Cavalry) and a company of Elven Light Infantry of the Citadel of the Eye of Law. A battle is fought.
Elven Heavy arrive at the Bronzeborn Mine, and recruit a unit of 120 Dwarven Heavy Infantry A, armed with a spear, a hand axe, a shield, and banded plate.
Elven ships are seen moving up the lake.
Reinforcements:
Day: February 8
Weather: 8 (Clear - Muddy roads mean that movement is still reduced by 1/4th)
Initiative Order for the week:
Troop Movements
1 company of 120 Lizardmen Light Infantry move from Annalysorian to 030,009.
The Lizardfolk at Fort Arbelving complete their task of reducing it to a Ruin.
The Undead legions continue to grow in power in the Necropolis, but as yet there has been no further movement from them.
Horse Archers from Shantytown move to meet up with the Light Cavalry patrolling the Nora-To Valley.
The Beastmen Hordes, fresh from the sack of Ardyle, march to the Ironburg and attempt to retake it, just as the sackers of the Ironburg were issuing out to attempt to set an ambush for them. A battle is fought.
1 Company of 120 Elven Light Infantry move from Hriving to fortify the Citadel of the Eye of Law.
The company of Elven Heavy Infantry on the Eastern Shore moves to 033,014.
Elven ships are once again seen moving up the lake from Arbelladon.
In the pass above Ironburg (024,015), a crusading force appears, their banners showing the heraldry of Hesper, the Neutral-aligned God of Death. They are in number:
Reinforcements:
The Armies of Immianthe
Fort Arbelving Ruins (026,012)
Day: February 7
Weather: 9 (Light Rain - Visibility and Movement are halved)
Initiative Order for the week:
Troop Movements
The 2 Companies of Lizardmen Light Infantry reach Fort Arbelving today, and help their Lizardmen comrades with the task of reducing it to a ruin, which they will finish tomorrow.
The remaining Red Legion and cataphracts continue to pillage the Ironburg, completing its destruction. Reinforcements can no longer be sent to the Beastman Hordes through the Ironburg.
The Elven Light Infantry that had been sailing up and down Lake Autumndim land and reinforce the garrison of Hriving. A company of 120 Heavy Elven Infantry move along the east coast of the lake, to 031,017.
1 company of 60 Goblin Wolf Riders and 120 Slave Infantry march south along with a newly arrived force of 120 Orc bowmen, sacking the undefended village of Ardyle (026,013) and destroying it. They are met there by the company of 60 Orc Boar Riders led by the Fang of Vassuryn.
The Undead Legions remain in the necropolis... for now...
Reinforcements
The Armies of Immianthe gain a unit of 120 Rock Baboons. Semi-intelligent and carnivorous, these creatures are not suitable for fielding as organized troops, but can be set to guard ruins or other sites of importance and will do so ferociously.
The Men of Hambley recruit 1 unit of 120 Slingers at Fort Hambley, and manage to hire a troop of 60 Horse Archers at Shantytown!
The Principality of Oraving raise the following new reinforcements:
The Elves of Arbelladon recruit 1 new unit of Elven Light Infantry in Arbelladon.
The Beastman Hordes receive a unit of Orc Bowmen at Fort Arbelving, sent by secret paths through the mountains by the Underlords below to wage war on the surface dwellers.
The Undead hordes raise a company of 120 zombies as a mysterious power seems to be building up in the Necropolis...
Spectres, wraiths, and giant bats stream over the battlefield, torturing the living and preying upon the dying. As the last of the Men of Ha...
